The album features Lana Del Rey, Future, Daft Punk, and Kendrick Lamar, which I think was great. The album in its first week sold about 209,00 copies.
The album was an instant success with songs that became platinum like “Starboy”, “I feel it coming”, “Party Monster”, “Reminder”, “Rockin”, and “Die for You”, and the album was certified double platinum. After some time, The Weeknd finally released the album called “Starboy” on November 25, 2016. Many were very skeptical about his next album, “what is he going to make next, does he still have it”? When The Weeknd released “Starboy” the internet was waiting for new releases of more music, The Weeknd teased about his new album but first released several songs like “I feel it coming” and “False Alarm”. The album still has an advantageous position in the list to this day being 90 in all the other albums, after 115 weeks of its release. The album had viral hits like “The hills”, “In the night”, and “I can’t feel my face”, with all of them having millions of views on YouTube. View The Weeknd’s Starboy cover art below.After the massive success of The Weeknd in Beauty Behind the Madness, which reached 1 in billboard 200. The project featured hit singles that have sold more than one million copies each, including the seven-times platinum “ The Hills.” I just want to keep pushing the envelope without it feeling forced.”īeauty Behind The Madness is certified triple platinum a year after its release. It’s hard to label the sound because, when I first came out, nobody would label it R&B. I think it’ll be the best-sounding album I’ve ever done. “The Smiths, Bad Brains, Talking Heads, Prince, and DeBarge play roles. “The production feels aggressive but still sexy,” he said. He also carries his rock influences into the project.
The Weeknd shared his vision for Starboy in a recent cover story for VMAN and said he was inspired by movies, which makes sense with the cover art having a retro movie poster feel. The Canadian crooner took to social media today (September 21) to announce the title of the project and share the colorful artwork, which was shot by famed photographer Nabil Elderkin, who most know on a first-name basis. The Weeknd is ready to follow up the beast that was Beauty Behind The Madness with his next LP, Starboy. (This story was first published Septemand is as follows.) OFFICIAL TRACKLIST || NOVEMBER 25th (link in bio)Ī photo posted by The Weeknd on at 3:02pm PST 37 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Three 6 Mafia Verzuz Is Going Down: 'It's That Time!'.37 Fight Breaks Out Onstage At Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Three 6 Mafia Verzuz.39 Waukesha Christmas Parade Killer Suspect Is A Failed Rapper Named MathBoi Fly.Smokey Says He Quit Ice Cube's 'Friday' Franchise Over Weed - But Forgot About It 45 Scottie Pippen Claims Suge Knight Didn’t ‘Want Smoke’ With Legendary NBA Enforcer In The 90s.75 50 Cent Responds After He's Left Off Top 10 New York Rappers List.